On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Kim Breedlove wrote: > Jim Foltz wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 10:06:48PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm new to debian and maybe I' overlooking something simple, but have > > > > not been able to send a text file with Minicom. Can it be configured to > > > > do so? Thanks for any assistance. > > > > Kim Breedlove > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > minicom needs the lrzsz package, did you install that one too? You can tell > > if it is installed if you have the sz and rz commands on your system. > > > > -- > > Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks for the replies, I do have the lrzsz package installed and the > modem ( actually an external TNC used for amateur radio teletype) is > working . I can send by keyboard, but I need to be able to send a saved > ASCII file. When I use the command ctrl-A S and give file name, it > doesn't go out. Maybe I should be using another package other than > Minicom for this application, although I have used several > communications programs in DOS that do this. If I am going to start > using Debian on a regular basis, it is vital that I be able to > transmit a saved file.
Have you tried cat saved_ascii_file_name | Command_to_send_it ? HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
